At noon that day, the long-distance fleet entered Yongxia Bay.

Corregidor Island, which guards the entrance of the bay, has been renamed Chenmei Island to commemorate the overseas Chinese leader in Jiannei who sacrificed his life to protect overseas Chinese.

The facilities on the island were much more complete than when the Spanish were there, with lighthouses, bastions, artillery batteries, and military docks. There was also a rapid response brigade consisting of 20 destroyers, frigates, and speedboats stationed there, responsible for daily patrols throughout Yongxia Bay, anti-smuggling, and protection of the strategic fleet base.

The strategic fleet base was also located in Yongxia Bay, which was the cape base where the Spanish Philippine fleet was stationed. It was an excellent natural military port, and the Spaniards spent a lot of effort to transform it, laying a good foundation for the subsequent construction of the war zone.

Zhao Hao never relaxed the construction of the coast guard. In the past two years, two battleships and four cruisers were added to the strategic fleet, which can form a battle line consisting of twelve battleships.

When the ocean-going fleet entered Yongxia Bay, the strategic fleet was conducting formation training. Wang Rulong commanded twelve huge warships to line up in a single column beside the channel.

All the warships were flying flags, all the officers and men stood on the slope to welcome them, and the warships' bugles sounded to welcome the heroes returning triumphantly.

Soon, the quick response team patrolling the bay also rushed over to line up to welcome the triumphant return of the heroes from the round-the-world voyage!

There were also transport fleets from the South China Sea, fishing boats fishing in the bay, and sloops for offshore transport, all of which gave up the main channel and lined up on both sides several miles away to welcome them. The crew, fishermen, and boatmen all rushed to the deck, waving and cheering at the long-distance fleet, rejoicing to witness the return of the legend.

In the afternoon, the long-distance fleet, surrounded by hundreds of ships of all sizes, slowly sailed into Yongxia Port.

Yongxia Port built a concrete dock with a capacity ten times that of the original one, and also constructed two protective dikes that extend deep into the bay and are ten miles long.

The dikes on the left and right protect the entire port like two powerful arms. There are also lighthouses, gun turrets and two iron chains as thick as arms on the dikes.

During the day, the chains are sunk to the bottom of the sea and do not affect the ships entering and leaving the port.

At night or when an alarm is sounded at the mouth of the bay, the soldiers guarding the dike will turn the capstan to pull up two thick iron chains to block the 50-meter-wide entrance and exit of the harbor, creating a "iron chain blocking the bay"!

Moreover, the capstans of the two chains were set up in a bunker on the left embankment and a bunker on the right embankment. Even if the enemy escaped the layers of defense, they still had to capture the bunkers on both sides of the embankment at the same time to lower the chains blocking the way and enter the harbor.

This design minimizes the success rate of the enemy's surprise attack, and can buy enough reaction time for the garrison troops of the Coast Guard Headquarters and the soldiers living in the port area.

Looking all the way from the Dongmen Strait, Lin Feng saw the coast guard and soldiers setting up layers of defense, and implementing militarized management of the ports and docks. It was clear that they were in a state of war.

She couldn't help but be secretly amazed. The war zone was indeed different from the security zone. They were in a state of constant vigilance and readiness for war.

"It seems that the Spaniards have put a lot of pressure on Master." Thinking of this, Lin Feng touched his slightly swollen lips and understood a little.

No wonder he only kissed me on the forehead when I brought back 18 million taels for him. But I knew that I destroyed Acapulco and delayed the Spanish attack for several years, but in return he... Oh, I am so embarrassed.

"Commander, what's wrong with you? Why is your face as red as a monkey's butt?" Ma Yishan saw her covering her face and giggling, and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "It doesn't look normal."

"**." The little black girl rolled her eyes, feeling embarrassed for her.

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More than 200,000 people from Yongxia City also flocked to the docks, bringing their elders and children with them, to watch the excitement. Who wouldn't want to see the fleet returning from a round-the-world voyage and see what rare things they brought back?

They had a great time seeing hundreds of animals brought down from the boat, including sloths, armadillos, lion tamarins, capybaras, anacondas, alpacas, ocelots, iguanas, spider monkeys, etc. They had never seen or heard of them before. They looked so strange and bizarre that it really opened people's eyes.

The animal that received the best treatment was actually a big turtle, which was bigger than a large adult. It took six young men to lift the redwood cage, which was decorated with red ribbons, just like a high-ranking official.

How could the common people have seen such a big turtle? They all thought they had seen the mythical beast Xuanwu, and they all bowed down and begged the old turtle for protection.

Zhao Hao was very satisfied with the effect of the giant tortoise appearing on the stage. This was the auspicious sign he was going to present to the little emperor.

Actually, it was dedicated to his father-in-law...

The so-called auspicious signs, also known as "Furui", are some natural phenomena with good omens, such as colorful clouds in the sky, good weather, sweet springs on the ground, double ears of wheat, the appearance of rare birds and beasts, etc.

Neo-Confucianists believed that these phenomena were God's approval of the emperor's governance. Therefore, auspicious signs would appear from time to time to prove that the emperor had done a good job in recent years.

This phenomenon reached its peak during the Jiajing period, because Emperor Daojun was very fond of superstition. What the emperor likes, the people will be even more so. As a result, various auspicious signs appeared one after another, and it can be said that great fortunes occurred every three, six, and nine days, and minor fortunes occurred every day.

At that time, Zhang Juzheng always scoffed at this, saying that the auspicious signs were all fake and that the literati were playing monkey tricks and were no different from clowns.

Emperor Longqing was also influenced by him and forbade his subjects to speak nonsense about auspicious signs.

However, when Zhang Juzheng came to power, he became obsessed with auspicious signs. His followers racked their brains to find things like "white swallows and white lotuses" and "white tigers and red rabbits" and reported them as auspicious signs. On the one hand, it showed that the heavens were satisfied with the reforms of the Ming Dynasty. On the other hand, it also made the young emperor believe that the prime minister had been recognized by the heavens, so he could continue to rule the country with peace of mind.

Zhao Hao hadn't been back to Beijing for a long time, so of course he had to prepare a generous gift for his father-in-law. The turtle is one of the "four spirits" of auspiciousness, and it belongs to the highest level of "auspiciousness".

Moreover, this Galapagos tortoise is six feet long and weighs 400 kilograms. In the eyes of Chinese people, it must have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years. Of course, this is a great auspicious sign.

Now that the gold has been found, his daughter has returned, and with a thousand-year-old turtle, his father-in-law will definitely choose to forgive him.

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The crew members returning from their round-the-world voyage were warmly welcomed by the people of Luzon.

After the Governor's Mansion held a grand welcoming banquet, representatives of the Council and big businessmen in Yongxia City warmly invited the crew members to their homes for a banquet. They all wanted to listen carefully to what they saw and heard during their global travels, as well as the customs and practices of foreign countries, to satisfy their curiosity.

And most importantly, do we really live on a planet? It's incredible.

But they had no choice but to believe it, because the long-distance fleet sailed all the way west and returned to the starting point. It has been proven beyond doubt that the earth under our feet is really a ball...

However, after a few drinks, curiosity is often replaced by more touching topics - such as the dream of getting rich.

The citizens listened to the sailors' boasting that there was gold and silver everywhere in America, that there were cities built of silver, and that the utensils used by the locals...even the toilets were made of gold.

Moreover, the natives there were still very weak, and the Spanish only needed a few hundred people to destroy a large country. A few thousand people could enslave them to mine the gold, silver, copper and various gemstone mines throughout the American continent.

The land there is fertile, as big as a hundred Luzons, and most of it is unowned! With just a few people like the Red-haired Devil, they can't even develop Luzon, let alone America!

People were drooling over this, and even the wealthy dog ​​owners were tempted. Who wouldn't want to get rich in the Ming Dynasty? Not to mention those who came all the way to Luzon.

Of course, some people doubted and said, "Really? I don't believe it. Although the cargo on those dozen ships is valuable, it is not worth 10 million taels, right?"

The crew laughed and said, "It's not the cargo on the ship that's valuable, it's the ballast on the ship! It's not stones, it's all gold and silver, not even copper!"

"Wow..." The audience exclaimed in unison and gasped in shock, adding a bit of coolness to Luzon, a city that is hot all year round.

They had no choice but to believe it, because as soon as the long-distance fleet docked, the tall and strong Commander Wu led the Marine Brigade to block the Coast Guard Wharf, not allowing anyone to approach, and then transported the goods all night long for several days.

Even a blind man could see that this must be a big treasure brought back.

And Zhao Hao didn't intend to hide it, so the headquarters didn't issue a gag order to the soldiers in charge of the transportation. They also came back to show off that the ships of the long-distance fleet were loaded with endless gold and silver, and thousands of tons could be shipped out in a day. It would take several days to transport all the gold and silver!

The people of Luzon were completely shocked. They had a firm understanding in their minds that America, separated by an ocean, was a treasure trove of gold!

In addition, they also heard the crew members bragging that the South American women were very hot and sexy, wearing only a few pieces of clothing, revealing their long legs, and their perky breasts and buttocks... Oh, they were simply beauties that made people unable to stop!

There were also the famous Hu Ji, who turned out to live in the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea beyond Tianzhu... She was really beautiful with fair skin, seductive, sweet-mouthed and good at sex, and her reputation was well-deserved. No wonder every man in the Tang Dynasty had one.

And the black pearls of Africa and the fresh fish from the sea. Although they can't compare with the above, they are better in novelty.

If a man doesn't see and enjoy everything one by one, his life on earth will be in vain.

Now everyone is excited and they can't wait to cross the ocean and go on a round-the-world voyage to get rich and hunt for beauties!

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People were so fascinated by these incredible and wild sailing legends that they lined up to entertain the members of the fleet and listen to the crew's stories over and over again.

Even if it is a repeated story, it makes people shudder every time and enjoy it supremely. It is like they have experienced an exciting adventure around the world, and they will not get tired of listening to it a hundred times.

Unfortunately, ten days later, the long-distance fleet, which had completed unloading and replenishment, was about to leave Yongxia Port.

Although arriving in Luzon means entering the country, it is still thousands of miles away from their starting point - Pudong, Shanghai.

Only by returning to the starting point three years ago did this round-the-world journey come to an end.

P.S. The transition chapter is actually very difficult to write, because there is no plot, so the speed is very slow, and I have only finished one chapter, please forgive me. I will write the next chapter now.